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G. A. HUEWE.- AUTOGRAPHIO REGISTER.

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No. 576,847, Patented Feb. 9, 1897.

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UNITED STATES- PATENT @FFICE,

GEORGE 'A. IIUEWE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO Til-E KEYS-LEE & i

HUEWE COMPANY, OF' SAME PLACEQ AUTOGRAPHJC REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '76,84 7, datedFebruary 9, 1897. Application filed July 15,1896. SerialNo. 599,203. (Nomodel.)

To all wit/0722, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. HUEWE, a

i 'citizen of the United'States', residing at Oincinnati, in the countyof Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefnlImprovements in Autographic Registers,

of which the following is a full, clear, and ex-,-. act description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part-of thisspecification.

. My invention relates to machines for making duplicate copies ofwritings, whether of sales-slips for use in stores or businessmenioranda of various'kinds, such as bills'of lading and tli e like, andwhether it is intended to provide a record-strip to be filed away in thecase for secret preservation or whether all of the slips, both-originaland-duplicate, are intended to be drawn from themachine for suchpurposes as may be'required.

The invention relates to that general class of duplicating-machines inwhich the several strips of paper are either'mounted onrollsorstored inotherways in a suitable compartment and fed over a writing-tablet,where-the sheets of carbon paper' or other manifolding material areinterposed between the sheets and a number of impressions made from" onewriting, the strips then being fed fromthetablet, and the writtenportions of each strip are either all severed or cut from the strips orone or more passed to another compartment, where they are filed orstored, While the other duplicates are severed and removed.-

Whether for use in recording memoranda of sales or for making duplicatecopies of bills of lading, receipts, or the like, it has been customaryto print on both the original and duplicate strips various headings andspacelines, and it is therefore extremely important in feeding the paperstrips from the writingtablet that the strips should register exactlythrough their entire length. These strips, when mounted in rowsorfolded, are of con siderable length, and in feeding them the slip of avery small fraction of an inch in the lengthof a. single ticket willsoon bring the custom" to feed or draw off the strips of paper by meansof'feeding-rollers, spurred or smooth, betweenwhich the strips arepassed. With fthe'use of this means of feeding the paper, however, oneor more of the strips of paper aresu'r'e to slip, and perfect registra-4 tion is-impracticable. One ormore of the strips are also sometimeswound on a storageroll' and the; forward movement given the other stripsby pressure'orfriction rollers or platesor other devices, but thismethoddoes not remedy the defect. The strips not fed positively still slip'andget out of alinement in a-ve'r'y short time,

Sometimes the cutting-knife has itself been made movable andthe'paper-strips clamped between the knife and a'mova'ble plate orslide, so that thepaper can be fed by advancing'thekn'if'or plate."While with this construct-ion the paper maybe fed in register, theknife-edge has to 'be returned to its nor mal position before'the papercan be severed,

paper strips duringfthe'return movement and the'n'ext stripsfed'w-illnot be grasped evenly,

the gripping-"margin between the knife and plate is so slight that thefeeding mechanism will not-hold properly.

It is to overcome this difficulty in the feed of the paper and theseverance of it from the roll that my invention is directed, and itrests can only be attained when each and every strip is fed positivelyand at exactly the same rate'of speed. I

Wherever reliance is placed on a frictional or pressure'contact of anykind between the strips to feed them it will be found that they willslip slightly on each other, and this slight variation of feed in ashort distance soon throws the entire set out of alinement andregistration, a defect well nigh fatal where such machines are intendedfor bills of lading, receipts of various kinds, and other copies ofwritings where blank spaces are left between printed portions on theslips. As my invention, therefore, has special relation tothe positivefeed of strips of paper, whereby they may be kept in perfeetregistrationand alinementand' the, severance of the paper strips ,so'thatitis-ap't'to'catch and displace the or, thepap'er being torn 01f at theknifeedge,

on the principle thatsuccess in this direction when fed, theinvention-will be applicable to any machine, whether intended forduplicate writ in s or not, in which it is proposed to feed two or morestrips of paper in perfect alinement and then to sever them from theweb. The invention consists, essentially, in the substitution for theordinary devices of gripping-jaws to grasp and to hold the severalstrips and feed them uniformly without releasing until thedesired amounthas been fed and in the mechanism for properly controlling and operatingthe jaws in connection with a knife-edge secured to the case forsevering the strips, all of which will be hereinafter more particularlypointed out and claimed. In the drawings, Figure 1 is a centrallongitudinal section of one form of register with my improved feedingdevice thereon. Fig. 2 is a similar section of the feeding device. Fig.3 is a front elevation of the machine shown in Fig. 1 with the lowerportion of the framework cut away. Fig. 4 is a detail longitudinalsection of the upper portion of the front end of the machine, lookingtoward the right-hand side of the case. Fig. 5 is a detail front'view'ofthe supplemental pressure device for the paper strips. Fig. 6 is acrosssection of same. Fig. 7 is a side view of one of the supports forsame. Fig. 8 is a central longitudinal section of another form ofmachine with my improvements added. Fi g. E) is a detail longitudinalsection of a portion of the grippers, showing the stop arrangementtherefor.

' In the style cf machine I have illustrated,

1 A A are the side frames, suitably braced together to hold the workingparts. The paper strips are mounted in rollsB B, journaled in the frame,with tension-springs a a bearing thereon to keep the paper taut. l Thepaper strips are passed around the guide-rods b b and overthe'writing-tablets C, where the usual manifolding material isinterposed be tween the strips.

To keep the paper even and prevent any displacement at the forward endof the writing-tablet, I provide a spring-plate D, acting in conjunctionwith a friction-roller E, and between which plate and roller the paperstrips are passed. This spring-plate D is turned up slightly at itscontacting end cand presses upon the friction-roller E at a slightlyacute angle. The plate is provided with slots d cl, and is secured tothe rod or shaft F by setscrew e and the studs ff, the slots beingprovided to allow for adjustment of the springpressure against theroller E.

The supporting-shaft Fis mounted to turn in the standards g g on theframe, so that the plate can be "-wung away from contact with thefriction-roller by thumb-screw h to permit of the insertion of the paperstrips. The plate is normally locked down on the roller, with the pin 2'on the shaft taking into the slot j on the standard g and held there bythe coiled spring 7c, and when it is desired to to tate the plate I) theshaft F is pulled forward in its bearings against the pressure of thisspring, thus withdrawing the pin '2: from its retaining-slot, when itcan be readily turned. Instead of the spring-plate arrangement twoordinary friction or pressure rollers can be used, or the entirearrangement altogether can be dispensed with, inasmuch as it is onlyintended as a holding means for the paper and is not an essential partof my feeding device, although I prefer to employ it in connection withmy feeding mechanism.

Sliding lengthwise in a dovetailed track or support I l, securedunderneath the cross or top plate m of the framework, is a bar G, curvedupward and back at its forward end to form the stationary jaw 01 of apair of grippers, the other jaw 19 of which is pivoted in suitable lugsr on the lower jaw, the jaws being closed by the spring .9 when theupper jaw is released by the dog 25, pivoted on bar G, as hereinafterdescribed.

L The forward end of the upper jaw 19 is bent downward below the frontend of the bar G and is connected pivotally with the rod II,

which rod extends back horizontally and parallel with the bar G looselythrough the lug n on the top plate 111.. The outer end of this rod Hcarries a nut 20, adj ustable by set-screw along the rod.

Upon the lower surface of thotibar G- is formed or secured a rack 1which meshes with the gear-wheel K, mounted on the shaft L, journaled insuitable hearings in the sides of the frame and operated by hand-crank Mon one side of same. N is a fiat steel spring, one end of which issecured to this shaft L and the other end to a lug a on the case andheld from side movement by the side plates d d on the shaft. Mountedalso on the shaft L, just within one side of the frame, is the ratchetP, engaged by the dog R, pivoted to the case, provided with a hand-leverS, passing out through a slot 1) on the top of the case and held inengagement with the ratchet by spring 0'. \Vhen the bar or frame G,carrying the grippers, is in its normal position, the shoulder a on thelower end of the dog t bears against the lug f on the frame and theupper end of the dog has released the upper jaw and the grippers arefirmly grasping the paper strips.

T is a knife-blade pivoted on the rod g, supported in the grippers areextended, the springs Z Z press and hold the knife-bar against thelugs mm, the purpose of which is to serve as a cutting or tearing edge for thepaper strips.

The machine being loaded with paper in rolls and the strips beingextended with the carbon-paper over the writing-tablet and between thetension device D E under the knife edge and being held by the grippers,the operator then turns the hand-crank M, which drives the frame G andgrippers forward, feeding the paper strips from the rolls. As thegrippers hold each strip exactly alike the feed of the strips is andmust be positively the lugs h h on the case. \Vhen uniform, and thereis. no opportunity for the slipping of one or the other. a

The operator turns the hand-crank until the nut 'w comes in contact withthe lug u,

When the forward movement is arrested. The position of adjustment of thenut 'w, it is evident, will regulate'the amount of throw of thegrippers, and this adj ustment can be readily had for any length ofstrip desired.

The contact of nut 10' with the lug it alsocauses the rod H to pull downand in the knife-edge. .The user then presses thehand-' lever S,withdrawing the pawl R from its ratchet P, and the coiled.spring', whichhas wound up on the shaft L during the forward .movement of thegrippers, now pulls back the grippers to their normal posit-ion.- Theknife-blade Tyields to the entrance of the grippers, allowing the paperstrips to fall between the open jaws. The shoulder a on the (log tstrikes the lug f, thus shifting the dog and allowing the jaws to closefirmly on the paper.

The grippers il'yinglback suddenlynnder the tension of. the spring N,however, would cause some recoil, which might in time cause someunevenness in the registration of the paper strips, and to remedy this Iprovide the curved extension 19 on the lower end of dog 7, which, justas the shoulder e strikes the lug f, passes in behind the lug andprevents any recoil. As soon as the spring-n can act the dog tis thrownforward, so as to clear the opening in the lug f In Fig. 8'I have shownthe application of my feed mechanism to registers in which the lowerstrip is-made a record-strip to be wound up and stored in the case. Theconstruction is the same as in the dupligraph register illustrated inFig. 1, except that an additional band-pulley L is mounted on the shaftL, connected by band it with a smallerpullep N on a record or storageroller, so that the rotation of the shaft L in operating the feedmechanism will drive the record-roll. to wind up and store away therecord-strip, which strip a is passed with the others over thewriting-tablet, but not to the grippers,

but goes back around suitable guide-rolls under the writing-tablet tothe storage-roll. As the storage-roll increases in size the pulleybandslips to prevent tearing of the strip. I could also have a slip-gearing.Inasmuch as the feed for the upper strip is driven positively by thesame mechanism that winds up the record-strip, there is no chance ofslips during the fee My feed mechanism is also equally applicable tothat class of registers in which the strips are severed from the rollsby cuttingkni'ves and the record-strip filed away in the duplicatecopies of writings are made.

case. In fact it can be readily adapted to any form or character ofmachine in which the Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim,and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is--- l. In a register forduplicate writings, provided with a plurality of paper strips mounted inrolls, gripper-jaws to grasp and hold the paper strips,means foroperating them to feed the paper over the writing-tablet, and a cuttingedge secured to the case against which the paper is severed when fedforward by the grippers, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a register for duplicate writings, provided with a plurality ofpaper strips mounted in rolls, gripper-jaws to grasp and hold the paperstrips, means for operating them to feedthe'paper over the tablet,mechanism for opening the jaws to release the paper, and a cutting edgesecured to the case against which the paper is severed when fed forwardby the grippers, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a register for duplicate writings, provided with a plurality ofpaper strips mounted in rolls, gripper-jaws to grasp and hold the paperstrips, means for operating'themto feed the paper over the tablet,mechanism for simultaneouslystopping the feed and'opening thegripper-jaws to releasei'the paper, and a cutting edge secured to thecase against which the paper is severed when fed forward by-thegrippers, substantially as scribed. Y

4. In a register for duplicate writings, provided with a plurality ofpaper strips mounted in rolls, gripper-jaws to grasp and hold the paperstrips, means for operating them to feed the paper over the tablet,mechanism for simultaneously stopping the feed and opening thegripper-jaws to release the paper, with spring to return the gripperstotheir normal position, anda cutting edge'secured to the case and againstwhich the paper is severed when fed forward by the grippers,substantially as shown and described.

5. In a register for duplicate writings, gripper-jaws-to grasp and holdthe paper strips, means for operating them to feed the paper over thetablet, mechanism for simultaneously stopping the feed and opening thegripperjaws to release the paper, cutting edge pivoted to the case,spring to return the grippers to their normal position, and dog to holdsaid grippers open during the return, released by contact with the case,to allow the grippers to "close over the paper strips, substantially asshown and described.

6. In a register for duplicate writings, provided with a plurality ofpaper strips mounted inrolls, a rack-bar, a pair of gripper-jaws wlthspring to close same carried at the forwardend of saidbar dog to holdsaid awsopen when the jaws are released, and gearing inc-shing with saidrack with hand-crank to adtoo shown and de 1 rack-bar and lug on theframe in the pathway of said stop, to limit the feed of said jaws, andto stop the paper at any desired length of feed and a cutting edgesecured. to the case against which the paper is severed when fed forwardby the grippers, substantially as shown. and described.

8. In a register for duplicate writings, pro-\ vided with a plurality ofpaper strips mounted in rolls, a rack-bar, a pair of gripper-jaws withspring to close same, carried at the forward end of said bar, adjustablc stop with the inorable one of said jaws, lug on the frame in thepathway of said stop to limit the feed of said jaws and open same, withdog to hold said jaws open, and a cutting edge secured to the fedforward by the grippers, substantially as .shown and described.

9'. In a register for duplicate writings, a pair of gripping-jaws, withmeans for retracting same, dog pivoted on one of the jaws to grasp andhold open the other jaw, said dog carryin}; a sliogllder to abut againsta stop on the case and provided with a projection to catch behind saidstop to prevent recoil of the jaws, substantially as shown anddescribed.

GEORGE A. HUEWE.

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GEORGE HEIDMAN, HARVEY G. EDWARDS.

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